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The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) gives students the right to refuse to permit USF to publish or disclose items of Directory Information pertaining to them.
What is disclosure?
Permission to release, or communicate personally identifiable information. Common disclosures include: An enrollment verification to an insurance company; a degree verification to a prospective employer; a name listed in the USF Directory, or Commencement and Honors programs; or a name, address, or telephone number being made available to the public for marketing purposes.
What is Student Directory Information?
Directory information has been designated by USF to include the following information, which would not be generally considered harmful to the student, or an invasion of privacy, if disclosed: student's name; classification and major field of study; participation in officially recognized activities and sports; weight and height of members of athletic teams; dates of attendance, enrollment status, and degrees and awards received or a lack thereof; and photographic image independent of any additional personal identifiers.
What information is not considered directory information?
Student ID number, Social Security Number, date of birth, citizenship, gender, grades, GPA, email, and other similar items not specifically listed as Directory Information are not disclosed to "non-university officials" without prior written consent of the student.
How should privacy requests be submitted?
Students have the right to withhold directory information by managing the privacy of their student record information through
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Archivum.
How long does my request last?
Privacy requests will become effective within
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two business days of submission and will remain in effect until further updated in privacy through
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Archivum. You may continue to request privacy throughout the year, but USF assumes no responsibility for disclosures made prior to receipt of your request.
What about inside USF?
USF publishes an internal, password-protected Student Contact List online that contains the following items: Name, USF e-mail address, institutional affiliations (major, work-study location), college, campus, campus phone and campus mailstop. This online Contact List is available to any member of the University community with an active Net ID. Students may request to be excluded from this published Contact List as well as any Directory Information by visiting the link above.
The MCOM USF Health Office of the Registrar is subject to and abides by the Privacy Policy of the USF main campus Office of the Registrar.
In addition to these policies, the practice of the MCOM Registrar’s Office USF Health Office of the Registrar is the following:
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Health Registrar typically requires student authorization before releasing enrollment or graduation information to outside parties.
· Regardless of a student’s privacy status on the main campus, the
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Health Registrar will not provide student contact information to anyone outside of the USF Campus unless the release of information is mandated by law, such as requests from the United States Armed Services or court order.
Enrollment in Other Programs
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The Associate Dean for Student Affairs will notify the USF Health Office of the Registrar for MCOM of any approval for a student enrolled in any other school of the University of South Florida or in any other institution of learning.
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